Rope or strap fastening device.



I. M. FISHER.

ROPE 0B STRAP ATION FASTENING DEVICE.

Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

" Isaac/Yam ATTORNEY.

" 'FISHER, a citizen saidgroove is adapted I* -ig. l is a section of aretaining piece of was STATES, PATENT; OFFICE. a

To till wkom'itmay concern:

iBewit' known that I, ISAAC Mox'rconnaay isiding'at-seattl 'in thecounty of King 6 and" State of WVashington,' liave invented-neiw-r'andsuseful Improvements in Rope or r Strap 'FasteningDevices, ofwhich the fol;

lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in '10 rope andlstrap-fasteners inwhich a wedge piece' isused to secure the end of a rope to provide.adetachable connection; The said i wedge-piece, roo ve,d= to conformto-the shape of said cablewandisadapted to jam the rope against theztapered inner'surface of the fastener wl1ich;'also.conforms to'theshape'of the cab'lc, thus the wedge piece and fastener when1%?1158tlj5f01"Straps or other fiat surfaces is corllhe objects of-mydevice is to construct a rope or strap fastening device that may beexpeditionsly-attached to the end of any Fi forili'-.of rope 01" strapand \vhich'will not damage the said rope, and which .will notperniitthe-rope to become loosened; to -provideea 'means. for preventingwear on the roper-by't-he link or other construction; to --r';'-hold theparts inan assembled position while being shipped. I attain theseobjects b'y the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich-- Figure 1 -is an elevation of a wedge piece showing the V form ofgroove in which the to wedge upon the sides of the rope; Fig; 2 is anelevation of a ::.wedge piece showing another form of grooveadapted toconform to the surface of a rope; l lg. is a section at 3 Fig. 2;

my device; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the strap fastening of my deviceshowing said strap in place; Fig. 6 is an elevation of my device; Fig, 7is a section at 7- Fig. (3, show- 5 ing. the-rope. and wedge piecc'inplace and the retaining piece and link in broken lines;

. .l"ig.-.8: is a' section at 8 Fig. faof the strap fastener showing thesaid st 'ap in place.

Similarreferencenumerals refer to similar parts throughout \the severalviews'of ing drawings. \Vheirrope 13 used in the fastener piece 1, the.inner-surface of'sald fastener piece islily:(lCVltflEilS-lllllSl'IfliOtl in the accompanypreferably curved'asat 2', the said curve being adap ed to substantially conform to theISAAC MoN'rGoMm Y F sHEn, or. SEAT TLfi WASHINGTON.

ROPE 0R STRAP FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Le'ttersiatent. "-Pate nted Application filed April 24,1906.

of the United States, re-' when rope or cable is used, is'

'Serial No. 313,518,

Mar. .19,

general shape of the rope 3 which is held by a wedge piece 4 againstcurvedsurface of the said fastener 1 as at 9....Toprevent' saidwedgepiece' 4 from being loosened I have provided a retaining piece-g5adapted to rest against said rope 3 at '5- and also against the end of alink 6, at 6'; the said link 6 is secured to my device adapted to en agein apertures 8 which are provided infprojections a part of saidfastener 1. The pin 7 is referably provided on one end with a hea and onits other end with a cotter pintl. I do notavishtobe limited however, tola cotter pin as means for securing the said pin 7 as any ofifthe in usemay be substituted. I have shown in Fig. 8 a form of 'fasteneradaptd tosecure the end of a' strap 3 which is secured between said wedge piece land the inner tapered ism-face of said .fastener" 1. l Theouter-surfaces, of said wedgepie'ce' 4' and the'iniier surface offastenerl as at 2' are adapted toeonform with the wider surface ofthe.strap. The wedge piece Land the inner surface of the fastener 1are-preferably "gi cn less taper rope. The retaining piece 5.,is adaptewno rest against said strap at 5' and on the end of a link or otherconnecting means which is secured to my device; i

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a rope orstrapfastening device, a

than the fastener by a pin 7 and 8", forming numerous, constructions nowe fastener piece extended to form apertured q pro ect-ions to receive alink and having a hollow center part converging from said projections, aloose wedge piece conforming to the general shape of the hollow centerpart and snlliciently small to permit the rope or'strap'to be wedgedbetween'said loose \\'e dge piece and the surface of the hollowcenterpart when. a pulling strain isexerted on the rope or strap, a retainingpiece 'engagingsaid hollow center part and fitting-therein so as to beprevented from lateral movement bythe walls thereof and prevented fromlongitudinal movement by -the link secured to said rope or strapfastener. I p k l 2. In a" ropefor strap fastener. a fastener piecehavingtapered inner walls, a wedge piece adapted to hold a rope or strapagainst 'the inner walls when a strain is applied on said .rope orstrap, said fastener piece being 5 movable only by the remova of saidpin I Witnesses:

provided with apertured -extensions a pin mime to this specification inthe engaging 553d apertures, a link engaging two subscribing witnesses.said pin an a retainer piece engaging the inner walls of said fasteneriece and re- ISAAC MONTGOMERY FISHER presence of and said link.

. L. OSBORNE, In testimony whereof I have signed my GRACE CALLIGAN.

